US v. Middagh, No. 09-2123

By FindLaw Staff on February 12, 2010 3:17 PM

Defendant's sentence for theft of public money of two years' probation, conditioned on 240 hours of community service, is affirmed where: 1) it was reasonable for the presentence report to recommend, and the district court to agree, that the sanction for defendant's offense needed to be more than losing his right to hunt; and 2) the sentence was not procedurally unreasonable because little explanation was required for a within-guidelines sentence.

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